Leftists are in a state these days. Their catastrophic defeat on Nov. 5 has not, however, led them to any self-reflection. Instead, they’re full of fury and righteous indignation over Trump’s victory, and instead of seeing it for what it actually is, many leftists are taking it as proof that America is exactly how they’ve been defaming it all these years: racist, sexist, and hateful to the extent that voters rejected the perfect candidate, the candidate of joy, in favor of a “convicted felon,” a “rapist,” the enemy of all that is good, Donald J. Trump. Now, however, a couple of Democrats in congress are showing signs of being on the verge of an actual independent thought.
They’re not household names by any means, but one is in the senate and the other is in the house, so they’re not exactly guys ranting on the streetcorner, either. Fox News reported Monday that instead of indulging in the usual finger-pointing and self-pity they “issued blistering assessments of where their party stands after Tuesday night’s overwhelming election defeat and offered suggestions about changes that Democrats need to make.” They’re still Democrats, so they still don’t…
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